http://tinyurl.com/35pvvt

I like the surprisingly whimsical one of Garvey with an umbrella. Like something out of a French musical more than a typical Garvey moment. I like his snap-on plastic hair in that other picture with his baby, too.

wow, they existed even then.

the LA times website has a "your scene" photo section, and there are some gems in there too, but you have to dig a little:

http://yourscene.latimes.com/mycapture/photos/Category.aspx?CategoryID=18062

i sometimes look through them when i miss home.

i don't know how to use tinyurl but i thought the streaker picture was pretty funny also.

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I was at that game. I was in HS then and we did a bit of streaking ourselves. Hopefully the Catholic girls still remember us.

Irritating. I made a math error in the last thread, but nobody pointed it out. Apostrophic misconduct, though, is worse.

vr,
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Also conveniently linked under "About Jon" on the sidebar.

``I don't like (loading the bases),'' Lowe said. ``It brings wild pitches into play, and it forces you to throw a strike, pretty much.''

regarding the lineup...(offense)

"We'll do something different," Little said. "It may start as early as tomorrow. I'm not really sure exactly what it needs to be, but we need to change the scenery a little bit."

"Like maybe put our good players in the lineup."

I think Little said the exact same thing a few days ago. I mean verbatim. I wonder if that quote was lifted from another interview.

"Umpteenth time's the charm."

Good to know Vishal, thanks.

Furcal S
Martin R
Gonzalez L
Kent R
Nomar R
Ethier L
LaRoche R
Pierre L

Gonzalez has 1 XBH in his last 12 starts but his OBP is still strong. This is a lineup I can live with. Then slot Kemp in the 3-hole vs. LHP. Mmmmm.

Pierre
Furcal
Martin
Kent
Nomar
Ethier
Gonzo
LaRoche
P

"He's been impressive," Little said. "You have the feeling when he goes to the plate that you're ready to see something happen."

Yes!! I was worried Grady might be thinking LaRoche has not been aggressive enough.

http://tinyurl.com/2brtbc

If it's second, I will be shocked. Waving the white flag on our centerfielder this early doesn't seem likely. The right thing to do, but unlikely.

Is this the right place to post this?

"The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee as anticipated left interest rates unchanged at 5.25 percent."

apparently Schmidt threw today & felt pretty good.

I got it! Greg Brock is Jacob!

My biggest problem with Screen Jam is insoluble, because I live in the Central time zone, I watch all of the shows 3 full hours before you guys do. As such, I end up falling asleep before anyone else writes about the night's programming. There is only one solution to that (and there is a 50-50 chance of it happening at this point).

Off to play soccer - hopefully my team won't blow it at the very inning. (More likely, we'll blow it right at the start.)

Interesting article on former dodger Mike Marshall

http://tinyurl.com/3cmk3w

anyways, anyone know what happened to megrew? he was lifted after 4 innings and he wasnt horrible or wild.

Trying to cover for pitcher Derek Lowe, Little claimed responsibility for the decision not to intentionally walk Josh Willingham to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the ninth -- a fairly common tactic in such situations because it creates a potential force at all three bases and home plate.

But after giving up a walkoff, three-run homer on his first pitch to Willingham, Lowe let it be known that he had told Little he wanted to pitch to the Marlins left fielder.

``I don't like (loading the bases),'' Lowe said. ``It brings wild pitches into play, and it forces you to throw a strike, pretty much.''

http://www.insidesocal.com/dodgers/archives/2007/05/lowe_takes_the.html

today he went

5.2IP 5H 2ER 1BB 8K 0HR

On the season he is

30.2IP 31H 1HR 7BB 29K 4.70ERA

now, factor in that he is only 20yrs old, and currently 6'6 only 190lbs, the K/BB ratio has been outstanding so far. He is super projectible and if he could gain some weight and mature, he could pick up velocity on his pitches and increase his stuff, we could have something here in the future. The future is not going to be immediate, something like 2 years down the line, he could break out as a 22yr old in AA.

I'm probably too eager right now but its something to lookout for.

say anything about Elbert?

Yea i'll probably hit up AZ national sometime in the next 3 weekends before i come back home.

Some commentors think that Josh is just spinning but Josh just thinks that the vibe in the clubhouse is really good.

79 Nate, with that score you would blitz me but we should get a DT golf outing over the summer if you come back to So. Cal.

That makes no sense at all to me. Wild pitches were already in play and you have a huge strike out guy Boone (about 1/3 of his ABs) on deck and a closer with a 19/1 K/BB ratio. All those stats about runners on what base leading to % chance at a loss don't account for that. Clearly we were in a bad spot, but I don't think its unreasonable to ask Saito to come in and K a guy. He is really good at it.

"I had worked with Mike using his iron balls in 1989, and before the '95 season, I felt like I needed to go back," said Seanez, the Dodgers reliever now in his 16th major-league season. "When I went to spring training, the hardest I'd ever thrown was 94 mph. After that workout (with Marshall), I was throwing harder than I ever had. When I came to get stretched out a little during the season, I hit 100 mph. One of my coaches said one pitch hit 102. I was like, 'What?' "

just saw the video of sparks pitching his delivery & fallow threw look really wacky, interesting read though.